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Old 11-16-2009, 09:36 AM
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sweet pic BP......a maple leaf and a fiver pup on a 4 banger........




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Old 11-16-2009, 11:53 AM
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Here was a party at my parents house...My brother David Singing Jim Soldi on the tele you can kind of see Freebo on the tuba behind him and Albert not pictured....thats the bass leo made for me number 26 with the special pickup ....
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Old 11-16-2009, 01:17 PM
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no im married for 34 years.....
Me too...we just hit the 34-year anniversary a week ago.

I woke up, said "Thirty-four years," and she said "Don't be too sure of yourself...the day's still young!"
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Old 11-16-2009, 06:01 PM
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that pick up wasnt a 5er it was one leo made for me he called old smoothie where the strings went in between the pole pieces
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Old 11-16-2009, 06:32 PM
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that pick up wasnt a 5er it was one leo made for me he called old smoothie where the strings went in between the pole pieces
where 5 string basses even around then?
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:22 PM
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where 5 string basses even around then?
Not really.
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Old 11-16-2009, 09:15 PM
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There were F@nder 5 strings available in the 60s and 70s but they had a high C instead of a low B and they were a short scale bass.

and cool photo a detect a sean connery look as well
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BP is there any way we could ever possibly hear how the number 26 sounded?
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There were F@nder 5 strings available in the 60s and 70s but they had a high C instead of a low B and they were a short scale bass.
The Fender Bass V was 34" scale, the neck was just really short (15 frets!).
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Old 02-19-2010, 09:27 AM
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Just to clear things up, it IS a maple leaf and it's still on that bass.
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i love the single sticker thing. i have one sticker on my fernandes bass, its tuxedo mask. nothing in the world is as intimidating as that one sticker. hes so bad ass that no sticker dare ever enter the other parts of the bass.


and im glad that maple leaf is still on there lol
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Mr. Ball, it is so amazing to see a picture of you and that bass from all those years ago - there are very few owners whose lives are so deeply intertwined with the product they sell. Very inspiring!
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